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THE Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (Zacc) yesterday arrested Environmental Management Agency (Ema) director general Aaron Chigona on criminal abuse of office charges. He is alleged to have issued an environmental impact assessment certificate (EIA) to a company known as Borrowdale Investments. “Zacc has arrested the director general of the Environmental Management Agency, Mr Aaron Chigona on…

THE Parliament of Zimbabwe has leapt to Senator Chief Fortune Charumbira’s defence, saying he remains president of the Pan African Parliament (PAP) and is appealing to the Africa Union (AU) to thwart attempts to remove him. This comes after a meeting of the PAP last week, chaired by acting president Ashebir Gayo, resolved that nominations…

HIGH Court Judge Paul Musithu has dismissed an application filed by two men who were seeking an amendment to the Police Act following their shooting by police in 2018. In 2022, Brian Choba and Justice Chiutsi filed an application against Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe and Police Commissioner General Godwin Matanga, arguing that Section 70…

BULAWAYO councillors have raised queries over the city council’s ward retention fund initiative and expressed concern over the lack of any feedback on how much each ward was contributing to the fund. The ward retention fund was established in 2015, with each ward retaining three percent of its monthly rates revenue collection to fund local…

A HARARE man, who was contracted to find customers for a land development company, allegedly stole US$28 722 that he had received from prospective housing stand buyers. Mathuthu Mpilo, 29, the owner of Future Properties, appeared before Harare magistrate Dennis Mangosi and was placed in remand custody.He and his company are facing fraud charges and…

Yvonne Ncubein BULAWAYO POLICE in Bulawayo have arrested two teenagers who are suspected of stealing a Mercedes Benz valued at US$6 000 in Hopeville suburb on New Year’s Eve.Speaking to the Daily News yesterday, Bulawayo police spokesperson Abednico Ncube identified the teenagers as Mthulisi Sithole, 19, of Northend and Dion Tarambiwa, 19, of Tshabalala.“On January…

THE Zimbabwe Mobile Sanitation Association (Zimsa) has approached the government seeking urgent intervention to end confiscation of its pay-as-you-use mobile toilets by the Harare City Council. This comes as the local authority has since the start of the year been seizing mobile toilets located at council-owned bus ranks and other busy areas in the central…

HOME Affairs minister Kazembe Kazembe says the government has started a process of engaging relevant partners to install cameras along the country’s roads as they move to deal with reckless drivers and corruption. This comes after 138 people died in road traffic accidents during the period between December 15 2023, and January 8 this year….